BAe 146-100 VH-NJD (msn E1060) of National Jet Systems (NJS) will not be leased to Flightline for operation it on behalf of new Falkands Islands-based British South Atlantic Airways, as previously planned. Instead, she is being used as a backup aircraft for NJS’s Airlink operation.
Malmö Aviation has recently leased two BAe 146-200s: G-JEAJ (msn E2099) was leased from Jersey European from 16 March to 17 April. As this lease came to its end, the airline leased EI-CNB (msn E2046) from CityJet from 15 April. Recent news items on Malmö Aviation:
National Jet Systems (NJS) has changed the BAe 146-100 it operates for Norfolk Jet Express. 146-100 VH-NJD (msn E1160) had been operating for Norfolk Jet Express on services from Norfolk Island to Brisbane and Sydney since May 1997. In early April, she was replaced by sistership VH-NJY (msn E1005). VH-NJD will be leased […]
Debonair‘s letter of intent with Thai Airways International to take over the latter’s five BAe 146-300s has apparently lapsed, and BAe-AMJ has been retained to market the aircraft. This marks the first time that AMJ has marketed aircraft outside its own portfolio, and reflects the great success AMJ has enjoyed […]
Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) has returned its last two BAe 146s to BAe-AMJ, who then leased them to Air Wisconsin, which will operate them on behalf of United Express. Both have reverted to their prior registrations, with N815AS (msn E2084) becoming N291UE and N816AS (msn E2087) becoming N292UE.
Aer Lingus Commuter is leasing two former Atlantic Southeast Airlines (ASA) BAe 146-200s from BAe-AMJ. EI-CSK (msn E2062 ex N810AS) was delivered to Aer Lingus Commuter on 3 April, after painting and maintenance at Stansted. N812AS (msn E2074) is also being prepared for lease to Aer Lingus as EI-CSL and will […]
Azzurra Air‘s growing Avro RJ fleet is being repainted in Alitalia Express colors, to indicate their use on code-sharing services with the national airline. Azzurra recently took delivery of four RJ70s previously operated by parent Air Malta to supplement its current fleet of three RJ85s.
British Aerospace, Aerospatiale, and Alenia Aerospazio agreed to dissolve their Aero International (Regional) partnership at a meeting of the AI(R) Board of Directors held on Friday 24 April. Once the dissolution is finalized, BAe and ATR will resume marketing their product lines independently. The two companies will, however, continue to […]
SABENA took delivery on 1 April of an Avro RJ100 painted in a special color scheme to commemorate the airline’s 75th Anniversary. The special design consists of sixty Sabena “S” symbols in three different sizes and five colors (yellow, red, green, blue, and silver). The special scheme was designed by […]
Former Air Atlantic BAe 146-200 N138JV (msn E2138 ex C-FHAA) was delivered to Malmö Aviation as SE-DRL on 4 April; she is painted in a special color scheme sponsored by Swedish telecommunications company “Europolitan”. Recent news items on Malmö Aviation: